panghalip pananong

Tagalog

Etymology

Coined by Lope K. Santos in the Balarilà ng Wikang Pambansá (Grammar of the National Language), published in 1939. This term was introduced to translate English interrogative pronoun.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /paŋhaˌlip panaˈnoŋ/ [pɐŋ.hɐˌlɪp pɐ.n̪ɐˈn̪oŋ]
  • Rhymes: -oŋ
  • Syllabification: pang‧ha‧lip pa‧na‧nong

Noun

panghalíp pananóng (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ᜔ᜑᜎᜒᜉ᜔ ᜉᜈᜈᜓᜅ᜔)

  1. (grammar) interrogative pronoun

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